Historic New England

Wallpaper

Fragment. Grisaille moulding over stylized lotus forms in blue.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178918

Accession Number: 1929.493B

Fragment. Diaper pattern. Small medallions printed in tan, black, orange and green and surounded by rootlets within grey diamonds with white palm or shell? elements at the intersections. Straight match.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178919

Accession Number: 1929.494

Wallpaper

Fragment. Blue and white striped wallpaper.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178920

Accession Number: 1929.493

Wallpaper

Fragment. Continuous band of losenges in orange with blue centers on a black and ochre field. Bordered top and bottom with a blue band.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178921

Accession Number: 1929.494B

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale scene of castle with crennelated towers and flags surrounded by stylized foliage and pin dots. Printed in blue, white and brown on pink ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178922

Accession Number: 1971.45

Trunk Lining

Two fragments of celestial-themed wallpaper. Consists of sun and moon motifs. Printed in white on reddish-orange ground. Used as a trunk lining. Drop repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product)

GUSN: 178923

Accession Number: 1968.140

Wallpaper

Fragments. Blue repeated sprigs enclosed by swags composed of blue vertical lines. Sprigs overlayed by orange parallel lines. Printed on pale yellow ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178924

Accession Number: 1971.51

School Book Cover

Unused sample of wallpaper used as primer cover. Small, allover, black and yellow stars on a brown ground.

Date: 1810-1815

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178925

Accession Number: 2000.663

Box

Small, wooden box with hinged lid. Covered in geometric patterned paper. Three-dimensional diamond shapes or parallelapipedon, foliate medallions in each. Blockprinted in white and black on a red ground. Inside is lined with blockprinted, floral paper on a blue ground.

Date: 1811-1817

Maker: Moses Grant Jr. & Co. (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178926

Accession Number: 1972.124

School Book Cover

Geometric pattern with vertical and horizontal stripes, dots and meandering, serpentine lines. Printed in two blues and white on an ochre ground.

Date: 1815-1822

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178927

Accession Number: 1965.171

Wallpaper bookcover

Wallpaper bookcover with allover, small-scale snow flakes surrounded by connected S-curves, both in dark blue on a bright blue ground.

Date: 1815-1830

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178928

Accession Number: 1966.70

Bandbox

Small, wooden box covered in wallpaper. Paper design is simple, curved lines printed in black and white on an ungrounded paper.

Date: 1805-1809

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178929

Accession Number: 1967.132

School Book Cover

Small prayer book covered with a green, plain wallpaper printed with the stamp of Thomas Ford, Boston. Printed in black on a green ground.

Date: 1807-1818

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178930

Accession Number: 1968.181

Box

Wooden box with hinged lid covered in paper. Geometric patterned borders with repeating triangles in a horizontal line and embellished with pindots, chevrons, flowers, and floral vines. Blockprinted in red, black and white on a green ground.

Date: 1790-1791

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178931

Accession Number: 1971.370

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Black floral stripe alternating with vertical row of zig-zag beading separating green diamonds with stylized leaves. Printed on grey ground.

Date: 1760-1780

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178932

Accession Number: 1966.194

Wallpaper

Fragments. Spiral cones with black flowers and leaves sprouting from centers. Printed in black and white on blue ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1800-1810

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178933

Accession Number: 1952.447

Wallpaper

Fragments. All over repeated losenges reverse printed in white forming floral sprigs in yellow, orange and red with green leaves.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178934

Accession Number: 1952.449

Wallpaper

Fragment. Diamond or lattice pattern in green, black and white framing floral element on grey ground.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178935

Accession Number: 1934.797.2

Wallpaper

Fragment. Small-scale lattice in green and black on grey ground. (maybe border?)

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178936

Accession Number: 1934.797.1

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragment. Large-scale organic foliate forms in white and outlined in small red dots on a blue field.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178937

Accession Number: 1985.677

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Early reproduction of the "Diana" wallpaper. Classical figures before a statue of Diana within oval frames and ornamented with draperies, hanging cords, tassels and floral swags. Printed in three blues on grey ground.

Date: 1915-1950

Maker: M.H. Birge & Sons (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178938

Accession Number: 1985.675

Wallpaper

Fragments (3). Rococo Revival landscape figure. Girl with lamb feeding birds framed by C-scrolls, roses and fruit tree boughs. Printed in two greens, brown, tan, two pinks, and blue on a grey ground.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178939

Accession Number: 1985.676A-C

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Renaissance Revival strapwork in brown, black, blue and white on tan polished ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178944

Accession Number: 1966.2135A-D

Wallpaper

Fragment. Rococo floral paper with grey scrolls accented with maroon and embellished with three blue flowers and foliage in two greens. Printed on polished white ground.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178945

Accession Number: 1966.2134

Wallpaper

Fragments. Scrolling foliage, sprigs and flowers create the design, printed in pink, orange, two greens, silver mica and brown on unnground paper.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178631

Accession Number: 1988.68.1

Wallpaper

Two fragments. In the style of Charles Rennie MacIntosh, very stylized roses, rosebuds, leaves and stems. Superimposed on allover, horizontal dash pattern and vertical long dash pattern consisting of groups of three. Red, two greens, white and black on yellow-brown ground.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178632

Accession Number: 1988.68.11

Wallpaper

Fragments. The design consists of C-scrolls, fleur-de-lis, and a diaper pattern with a flower in each losenge.

Date: 1890-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178633

Accession Number: 1988.68.2

Wallpaper

Fragments. No design. Red ground. There is a fiber from 1988.68.4 on one of the pieces.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178634

Accession Number: 1988.68.3

Wallpaper

Fragments. Muslin cloth with a reddish pink stain from another paper. Fragments from a paper seen in 1988.68.8 seem to have been mounted on the cloth.

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178635

Accession Number: 1988.68.4

Wallpaper

Border fragment. Floral border with scalloped and criss-cross edges.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178636

Accession Number: 1988.68.5B

Wallpaper

Fragments. Foliate forms and pin-dots printed in grey and orange.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178637

Accession Number: 1988.68.6

Wallpaper

Fragment. Allover foliate pattern printed grey, blue-grey, brown and green on a light brown.

Date: 1825-1835

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178638

Accession Number: 1988.68.5

Wallpaper

Wallpaper fragments. Neoclassical elements including an oval medallion, scrolls, bouquets, ribbon and swags of a bead and reel. Grey and white printed on grey ground.

Date: 1860-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178639

Accession Number: 1988.68.7

Wallpaper

Fragments. Vertical white stripes on a white ground. Textured paper.

Date: 1900-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178640

Accession Number: 1988.68.10A

Wallpaper

Fragments. Paper is very natural looking with allover wood fibers and brown in color.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178641

Accession Number: 1988.68.9

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Repeating motifs of flowers, columns and vignettes of small villages within geometric frames and surrounded by geometric and floral patterns. Printed in red, maroon, cream, pale yellow, olive and black. Straight match.

Date: 1880-1887

Maker: American Wall Paper Manufacturers Association (1880-1887) (Manufacturer)

GUSN: 178642

Accession Number: 1973.127

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Vertically repeating stripes of floral sprigs and berries alternating with stripes of squares with X's in the centers. Printed in red, orange, tan, brown and white. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178643

Accession Number: 1973.125

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Vertical stripes of orange and red roses alternating with grisaille rose vines. Printed in red, orange, yellow, white and two greys. Straight match.

Date: 1870-1885

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178644

Accession Number: 1973.128

Wallpaper

Unused sample. Allover pattern of loose spray of flowers and grasses. Printed in black, orange, red, yellow and beige on tan ground. Straight repeat.

Date: 1875-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178645

Accession Number: 1973.124

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Small, repeating, maroon leaves alternating with yellow rootlet design.

Date: 1880-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178646

Accession Number: 1973.129

Wallpaper

Two rolled fragments of landscape figure wallpaper. Repeating vignette of colonial figures: one male standing; one male seated at a table served drinks by a woman outdoors. Beneath the figures is a scene of a boy playing with a sailboat. Vignettes are flanked by entwined foliate vine.

Date: 1845-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178647

Accession Number: 1973.117AB

Wallpaper

Wallpaper roll. Grey, diapered strapwork draped with lace swags and ornamented with pink and blue flowers. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178648

Accession Number: 1973.120

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Ashlar blocks with C-scrolls on their faces and framed by grapevine and flowers. Printed in green, brown and tan.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178649

Accession Number: 1973.121

Wallpaper

Partial roll of taupe foliate scrolls and strapwork, accented with olive C-scrolls and red roses. Straight match.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178650

Accession Number: 1973.122

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Maroon, green and grey stripes alternating with roses, vines entwined around grey C-scrolls on a maroon pindot field. Straight match.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178651

Accession Number: 1973.123

Wallpaper

Rolled fragment. Repeating floral sprigs draped with garlands alternating with stripes composed of red, geometric elements and gilt brattishing. Printed in red, white, and tan. Straight match.

Date: 1865-1875

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178652

Accession Number: 1973.130

Wallpaper

Partial wallpaper roll. Diaper pattern formed by elongated quatrefoil framing floral sprigs and separated by undulating ribbon or seaweed-like lines. Printed in two blues, black, brown, and grey.

Date: 1870-1875

Maker: unknown

Material: wallpapers

GUSN: 178653

Accession Number: 1973.126

Wallpaper

Partial roll. Pink, entwined strapwork framing pink roses and green foliage. Printed on a polished pink-grey ground.

Date: 1845-1855

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178654

Accession Number: 1973.119

Wallpaper

Fragment. Scenic paper formed within Gothic arch. American ship (designated by flag with 13 dots for stars) anchored in European (Italian ?) port. Lighthouse on rocks and sailors on shore.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178655

Accession Number: 1971.148

Bandbox

Small, oval, wooden bandbox covered with paper. Pattern depicts sun-like medallion framed by a foliate vine with berries and stylized foliage. Printed in red, pink and orange on a yellow ground.

Date: 1815-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 178656

Accession Number: 1965.142

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